More than 500 specimens believed to be about 20 million years old have been unearthed in Fremont. The fossils include teeth from the biggest prehistoric shark and what appears to be an entire whale ...

Peruvian paleontologists on Wednesday unveiled the 12-million-year-old fossil of a prehistoric porpoise found near the country's Pacific coast. Otodus megalodon was the largest predatory fish in Earth ...

We went scuba diving to search for Ice Age fossils and shark teeth. During the dive, we found something completely unexpected ...

A research team, including Dr. Michael Newbrey and Tatianna Blake of Columbus State University, has made a breakthrough discovery in the world of sharks. Dr. Michael Newbrey- CREDIT: CSU Tatianna ...

The availability of prey and the ability to adapt to changing environments played key roles in the evolution of sharks. A new study, where 3,000 shark teeth were analyzed, provides new insight into ...

The ratios of strontium isotopes in fossil shark teeth can be used to better understand how coastal environments evolved in ancient times, according to our newly published work. As paleontologists ...

PLATE 1. Figures 1–4: Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides (DGCUSB/BB-115,112), upper antero-lateral, Figures 5–6: Carcharhinus brevipinna (DGCUSB/BB-136), upper tooth, Figures 7–10: Carcharhinus perezi ...

Calls from panicked camps along the Guadalupe River, where hundreds of young children were visiting, were among the 911 calls from the deadly July 4th floods released ...

Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is a long way from the ocean, but newly discovered fossils suggest the area was once teeming with sharks. Scientists have identified the remains of 15 to 20 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Located in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest known cave system with more than 400 miles (over 640 kilometers) ...

Fossils can reveal far more than the shapes of ancient creatures. Molecules preserved inside old animal bones provide clues about past diseases, what those animals ate, and the climates they lived in.

Experts and novices alike hunt for specimens that could change our understanding of evolution – and all only a short day trip from Melbourne ...